(1943-01-24) 24 January 1943 (age 81) Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
British
Active years
1975–1978
Teams
Maki Surtees (privateer) McLaren (privateer)
Entries
6 (0 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
0
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1975 German Grand Prix
Last entry
1978 British Grand Prix
British Formula One Championship career
Active years
1978, 1980, 1982
Races
17
Championships
1
Wins
6
Podium finishes
10
Career points
165
Pole positions
5
Fastest laps
2
Anthony Hugh Leigh Trimmer (born 24 January 1943) is a British former racing driver from England, who won the Shell British Formula Three Championship and E.R. Hall Trophy in 1970.[1] He was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Tony Trimmer also won the prestigious Monaco F3 Race in 1970 driving a Brabham BT-28 and finished runner-up to Patrick Depailler in the 1972 edition.
Trimmer entered six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix with uncompetitive teams, firstly Maki for four races in 1975 and 1976, resulting in four failures to qualify. He then entered the 1977 British Grand Prix (failed to pre-qualify) and the 1978 British Grand Prix (failed to qualify), with the Melchester Racing Team, driving a Surtees TS19 and a McLaren M23 respectively. However, also driving the Melchester McLaren, he finished a superb third in the rain-soaked 1978 BRDC International Trophy non-Championship race at Silverstone, coming home ahead of many of the greats of Formula One. That year he won the British Aurora F1 Championship.
Trimmer was also one of the few people to drive the Connew Formula One car, in its last race (in later Formula 5000
specification) in 1973. However the car collided with a barrier at Brands Hatch after a rear damper gave way.[2]
Other than World Championship races, Trimmer raced in many non-championship F1 races and is perhaps one of the drivers who drove the greatest variety of Formula One cars ever. The list includes the great Lotus 72 at the 1971 Race of Champions, the March 701, a Lotus 49, Fittipaldi F8 and the one-off Safir RJ-02 (a.k.a. Token RJ-02), accessing from the old times "tubby" Lotus 49 up to a real wing-car Fittipaldi F8.
^M.G.D. (November 1970). "F3 Review". Motor Sport magazine archive. p. 30. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^Lawrence, Mike (August 1986). "The story of the Connew GP car". Motor Sport magazine archive. p. 26. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
and E.R. Hall Trophy in 1970. He was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire. TonyTrimmer also won the prestigious Monaco F3 Race in 1970 driving a Brabham BT-28...
British Grand Prix. For the German Grand Prix, former Lotus F1 driver TonyTrimmer replaced Fushida, but was unable to qualify either there, or for the...
Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (/kɑːr/), was a British actress. She was nominated...
non-Championship races at this time; at the 1973 Race of Champions, TonyTrimmer raced an FX3B to fourth place while Ganley retired his car with handling...
money failed to materialize. Maki resurrected its Formula One car for TonyTrimmer while Heros Racing entered an old Tyrrell for Kazuyoshi Hoshino on Bridgestone...
24 Hours of Le Mans in 1981 driving an Ibec-Hesketh 308LM alongside TonyTrimmer. They failed to finish and again in 1982 this time paired with Bob Evans...
fourth constructors' championship. The car was developed during 1971 by Tony Rudd who had formerly worked at BRM. He worked especially on redesigning...
Racing Shadow-Ford DN9 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 39 Danny Ongais 4, 13 Melchester Racing McLaren-Ford M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 40 TonyTrimmer 10...
Wilson Fittipaldi finishing ninth in the 1971 Argentine Grand Prix, and TonyTrimmer finishing sixth in the Spring Cup at Oulton Park. Of the twelve 49s built...
14 Melchester Racing Surtees-Ford TS19 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 44 TonyTrimmer 10 Brian McGuire McGuire-Ford BM1 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 45 Brian...
all six aboard were killed, including team owner Graham Hill and driver Tony Brise. The following drivers and constructors and contested the 1975 World...
college. During the build, drivers TonyTrimmer, Howden Ganley and Gerry Birrell all came to view the car, with Trimmer stating it to be one of the most...
CAN 15 8th Brett Lunger 30 13 Ret 11 DNQ Nelson Piquet 29 Ret Ret 9 Centro Aseguredor F1 Emilio de Villota 28 DNQ Melchester Racing TonyTrimmer 40 DNQ...
stood for 23 years, was finally broken in the 2013 97th Indianapolis 500 by Tony Kanaan with an average speed of 187.433 mph (301.644 km/h). Luyendyk continued...
Centro Aseguredor F1 M25/M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G Emilio de Villota DNQ Melchester Racing M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G TonyTrimmer DNQ Source:...
LeMans in 1980 and failed to finish in 1981 (driven by Tiff Needell and TonyTrimmer). The car was converted for use in the UK Thundersports championship...
Nève, Mikko Kozarowitzky, another debutant Andy Sutcliffe, Guy Edwards, TonyTrimmer, David Purley, Emilio de Villota, Brian Henton, Arturo Merzario and yet...
1977, Melchester Racing bought a TS19 from Surtees and hired Englishman TonyTrimmer to drive at his home race, The 1977 British Grand Prix, but he failed...
event of the day was the 33-lap 49.6 mi (79.8 km) Formula Two race, won by Tony Rolt driving Rob Walker's Connaught A Type. The supporting Formula III event...
1979 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race (#6, driven by Craft/Spice, #7 by TonyTrimmer/Bob Evans) but both failed to finish. Dome returned to Le Mans with new...
on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2020. Thompson, Andrew; Howard, Tony (December 1975). "Zak the giant killer". SA Motor. Cape Town, South Africa:...
1969 Succeeded by Dave Walker 1970 BRSCC Lombank Series Succeeded by TonyTrimmer 1970 BRSCC Motorsport/Shell Series Preceded by Graham Hill BRDC International...
and Galica was often hindered by poorly adjusted machinery. Arch rival TonyTrimmer was also equipped with a Surtees TS19, but his engineering background...
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